Spring passed, and autumn came.
The time spent in SAO was always unbearable, but at the same time, it felt like time passed very quickly.
In the blink of an eye, two years had passed since SAO officially started its operation.
Within two years, the Clearers continued to advance to the front line and finally reached the 74th Floor.
In other words, nearly three-quarters of the 100 floors of the floating city, Aincrad, had been conquered by now.
Although it would take a long time to clear the remaining quarter of the Floors, the Players gradually began to feel that they had a chance to leave this world, which made SAO more lively than it was two years ago.
During this time, there were many changes in the frontline Clearers.
There were four specific changes.
The first change was the number of Clearers.
As more and more top players joined the fray, the Clearers now had 700 players. This number made up nearly 10% of the surviving players. It was a very impressive number.
The main reason why there were so many top Players was because of Rozen.
Because after two years, Rozen's record of leading a Clearers without a scratch was still maintained. Coupled with the resources left behind by Divine Dragon Alliance's disbandment, which was used to cultivate potential Players, the Clearers' combat power only increased, and in the end, they reached an incredible number of 700.
That was the first change.
The second change was Kirito's position in the Clearers.
During this period of time, Kirito finally showed off his Sword Skill in the 70th Floor's Floor Boss Raid.
The difficulty of the Sword Skill increased by medium every 10 Floors, and by the time they reached the 70th Floor, the Sword Skill had already accumulated to a considerable level. Even Rozen gave his all in that Floor Boss Raid, so Kirito naturally showed off his Sword Skill in front of the world.
In view of this, the reputation of the second Unique Skill holder brought a great boost to Kirito's status in the Clearers. His reputation in the Clearers also reached a peak. Some people even began to compare him with Heathcliff, discussing who was the strongest Player in SAO.
Of course, because the second Unique Skill holder was in the Clearers' guild, the reputation of Red Wings led by Rozen also soared. The people who previously thought that Knights of the Blood might replace Red Wings as the strongest Guild in SAO gradually disappeared.
That was the second change.
The third change was naturally Rozen's weapon.
To be more precise, it was Rozen's weapon.
"Deep Blue."
Such a beautiful and powerful sword was revealed for the first time in the 60th Floor's Floor Boss raid. The Clearers were shocked by the sight of this sword.
With this Crystal Sword that exceeded the current Floor Boss's performance, from the 60th Floor to the current 74th Floor, all the Floor Boss' LA rewards fell into Rozen's hands.
The Floor Boss, which was originally tough and had high HP, lost a large chunk of its HP every time it was hit by Rozen's sword, which made Rozen's damage output comparable to a joint force of Attackers. It made people wonder if there was a bug in this game.
Of course, this was also because Rozen relied on Eye of the Mind's ability to not only increase the power of his Sword Skill to the maximum every time, but also trigger Critical Strike every time. That was how he was able to increase his damage output to such an amazing level.
But in any case, Rozen's sword was now completely famous. After Saichou and Hanachou, it became a major symbol of Rozen.
That was the third change.
As for the last change, it actually came from Yasna.
The reason was simple.
For some reason, ever since the 60th Floor Boss Raid Strategy meeting, Yasna no longer went against Rozen and openly made all kinds of suggestions that would be rejected by Rozen during the Raid Strategy meeting.
The Raider's Ghost seemed to have suddenly become well-behaved. She was no longer as aggressive as before, nor was she as cold as before. As time went by, her personality gradually became a lot more gentle, and she often showed a smile on her face.
This change not only didn't decrease Yasna's popularity, but it also increased the number of her fans.
Rozen naturally noticed this change in Yasna, and he was stunned more than once.
"Just what kind of heaven-collapsing event has caused this situation to occur?"
This wasn't the first time the culprit had such thoughts. Once, he even brought it up in front of Asuna. Asuna glared at him with a glare sharper than a rapier and left without saying a word.
Rozen was suddenly puzzled.
He didn't expect that his inadvertent provocation would have such a good effect.
In view of this, many years later, whenever Rozen thought about this matter, he would have a heartfelt sigh.
"I didn't expect my charm to be so great."
Needless to say, this shameless statement made Rozen get beaten up by Yasna more than once.
That was the last change.
Four changes in a row made the Clearers look completely different, and the Clearers felt more and more reliable.
Only the Clearers knew that the progress of the Floor Boss wasn't just good news.
Even if the Clearers managed to advance to the 74th Floor, the 75th Floor was like a huge rock pressing down on everyone.
This was because, after the 25th and 50th floors, this was the third floor that was about to welcome a huge increase in difficulty.
Based on past experience, if one could clear this floor, they would be able to smoothly advance to the next 25 floors, where the difficulty would be greatly increased.
Otherwise, it could be said that he would be consigned to eternal damnation.
Therefore, although they hadn't cleared the 74th Floor yet, the closer they got to the 75th Floor, the more uneasy the Clearers became.
This caused the Clearers' progress to slow down.
In the past, with the Clearers' speed, they should be able to clear a Floor every ten days. At most, they would stumble when the Floor Boss's difficulty increased by a small margin every ten Floors.
But now, almost ten days had passed, and the Floor Boss's room on the 74th Floor was still nowhere to be found. Even the map file wasn't complete.
While the Clearers were facing this difficulty, Rozen was also facing a huge problem.
This difficulty didn't come from anywhere else, but from Saichou and Hanachou, who were his Familiar Demons.
"Goo!"
"Wu!"
At this moment, in the maze area of the 74th floor, Cai Die and Hua Die's melodious cries reverberated.
Two rainbow-colored butterflies swept through the air like auroras, gliding toward a monster in front of them.
"Hah!"
Accompanied by such a cry, the gigantic monster exuded a ferocious aura.
It was a lizardman that was over three meters tall, wearing heavy armor and holding a huge steel spear in its hand.
Cai Die and Hua Die landed on the other party's head, continuously sprinkling yellow and black powder.
"— — —!"
The giant lizardmen that came into contact with the powder stiffened and fell into a state of paralysis and blindness.
However …
"Hah!"
In less than a few seconds, the negative state of the giant lizard man was lifted, causing it to let out an incomparably angry roar.
Seeing this scene, Rozen finally confirmed one thing helplessly.
"Saichou and Hanachou are reaching their limits."
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